Prime Minister Mori addressing staff of the new Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts, and Telecommunications, accompanied by Minister for Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts, and Telecommunications Toranosuke Katayama (left foreground) and Senior Vice-Minister for Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts, and Telecommunications Kazuyoshi Endo (left background), to be officially appointed January 6 Prime Minister Mori inspecting the Minister's Office of the new Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, accompanied by Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Chikage Ogi (left) and State Secretaries for Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ichiro Takahashi (right foreground) and Shinya Izumi (right background), to be officially appointed January 6

Friday, January 5, 2001

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori examined preparations for the reorganization of central government ministries the day before the official changeover. He inspected the new Minister's Secretariat office of the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications and spoke to staff, and also visited the new Minister's Office of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.